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series6 books2013

Adventurous and tense in tone, set in north america and near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
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universe5 books2008

Tense and dark in tone, set in far future and north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

Maze RunnerSeries

series11 books2009

Tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

series2 books1997

About survival and coming of age, set in near future.

Start with Shade's Children →

GoneSeries

series9 books2008

Tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
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Start with Gone →

Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

Dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
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Start with Ship Breaker →

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